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Police charge man in breach of publication ban

Posted: September 24, 2014 - 1:00 am

Officers have charged a man after a victim’s name was publicly posted on social media, in breach of a court-imposed publication ban.

On July 31, following the conviction of an accused facing sexual assault charges in a 2011 file in Halifax, Halifax Regional Police received complaints that an individual had posted the victim’s name on a Facebook page. The identity of the victim was protected by a publication ban issued by the courts when the sexual assault charge was originally laid.

The investigation culminated earlier today when a 62-year-old Dartmouth man was served at his residence with an appearance notice to appear in Dartmouth Provincial Court on November 4. He faces a charge of breaching a publication ban under Section 276.3(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada.